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What Are Options on Debt Default? Bad and Worse

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“Everyone understands the U.S. is certainly good for the money. It isn’t like we can’t pay our bills right now,” said Robert Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, a budget watchdog group. “There’s no immediate debt crisis. It’s a self-induced, manufactured, ‘we won’t pay the bills’ crisis.”